Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-03-12
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

At one Of the military posts on the
Montana frontier recently, the gray
wolves became 20 bold that they actual
" entered the garrison. One of them
ran along the porch of the hospital, aud
bit an officer, tore dog to pieces and
was only disposed of by the " ell-direct-
ed bullet of sentry.
The Oil City "Derrick" relates that
Chicago boy, Eugene Moffett, by name,
who has been visiting at that place, has
just started for home, taking with him
large gray rat he had succeeded in do
mesticating and educating. He has
trained the rat to work in treadmill
which runs q miniature oil rig.
Gus Larkey, of Genesee, ILL.,. while
driving along a country road recently,
saw large wolf, apparently benumbed
by the cold, plodding through the deep
snow before him. Gus drove up behind
the animal and, reaching out from his
sleigh, struck him a stunning blow on
the head with the butt of his whip. The
wolf keeled over sensless, and Gus tied
him to the sleigh by his tail and dragged
him into town.
A guest of the Fountain House, in
Cheyboygap, Mich, says he was once
driving a road sprinkler through the
woods when six wolves attacked him.
They killed the horses, and he was at
his wits end to know how to escape,
when a happy thought stuck him. Rails
ing up the trop-door on the top of the
sprinkler, he plunged into the water.
He lay there all night, soaked through
and exhausted, until a couple of hunters
came and drove the animals away
A contemporary relates that an esti-
mable lady of its neighborhood has mad
the fortune of three husbands--two hav-
ing passed over to the majority. By
the first husband there is son; by the
second very bright little daughter.
One day while some lady friends were
luncbing with the mother the little girl
asked: Mamma, has Jack a papa in
Heavenf 'Yes, darling, hushp repeated
mamma. After q pause and profound
thinking, the little miss added: 'Papas
don't last long. do they, mammal
A night or two since Mr.. Wellington
outside of his door for moment, in
obedience to the request of his wife, to
bring the cat in for the night, the ami
NAL being usually kept in the cellar. He
picked up what he supposed was the
cat, brought it into the house and laid
it down. The family shrank back in
alright when they saw the strange look
ing animal, and made preparations to
leave. What the Commodore thought
was cat proved to be an opossum of
good size.
The most unique and striking looking
building in Jeypore is the Palace of the
Winds, structure over $50 feet wide by
not more than 25 deep, rising nine stor-
ries high, each story being less in width
than the one below it, and the top of a
pyramldal form, crowned with small
domes, each surmounted by fags-the
Raja's colors. The entire building is of
a delicate pink and each story is study
in fanciful architecture, with its bewilder-
ing mass Of overhanging balconies and
small laticed screens and windows. 1t
was built for a purpose, as its name i'm.
plies. The heat of Jeypore summer is
intense, and the palace was built above
all others in the city, so that any light
air which might be blowing could be
felt within its upper rooms.
A New York correspondent says that
when Stokes was confined at Sing Sing
for the murder of Fisk he had the lib
erty of the place. 1t cost him money,
and he spent it freely. His cigar bill
for single year was 5000, and his livery
bill larger. "Why, there was convict
in here to see me after his discharge, !"
said my informant, "who was one of
two servants who waited on Stokes con-
tinually, and he drove out in a carriage
on pleasant Gays, accompanied by a
keeper and one of his servants. If an
official visit we're made to the prison,
Stokes was hustled into uniform and
exhibited; otherwise he never wore the
stripes 1t is so with Ferdinand Ward,
who has million or two of plumber laid
by. You will notice that all recent Wis
itors say that Ward wears his cap pulled
down over his eyes and his collar pulled
up so as to hide his face. That is true.
But it is not Ward-only dummy who
takes his place aud does his work and
deceives visitors. Ward is having a good
time meanwhile with his keepers and
with friends outside"